Director and Lead Researchers
Sara Baker Leading 'Stepping Stones in Science' Play-based learning; scientific reasoning in early childhood; executive functions; development of social cognition; belief formation and belief revision. View profile
Jenny Gibson Leading 'Social Play: Social Lives'. Play as a context for development; peer relationships; developmental language impairments; autism; outdoor play; friendships and emotional development View profile
Centre support
Sophie Wilcock, PEDAL Administrator and Lucy Johnston, Projects Assistant.
‘Play and Communication Lab’ Strand Researchers
Dr Jenny Gibson (Research Strand Leader).
‘Play in Early Life’ Strand Researchers
Dr Paul Ramchandani (Research Strand Leader), Dr Laura Oxley (Research Associate), Dr Eloise Stevens (Research Associate), Dr Brittney Chere (Research Associate), Natalie Kirby (Research Assistant), Kelsey Graber (Research Assistant), Aiman Kamarudin (Research Assistant), Katie Lui (Research Assistant) and Zaheema Iqbal (Research Assistant).
‘Stepping stones in science’ Strand Researchers
Dr Sara Baker (Research Strand Leader), Zhen Rao (Research Associate), Allison Haack (Research Assistant).
'Play and Early Mental Health' Strand Researchers
Dr Christine O'Farrelly (Research Strand Leader) and Dr Beth Barker (Research Associate).
Other research areas
Elizabeth Byrne (PEDAL/ LEGO Research Associate).
Current PEDAL PhD students
Chika Ezeugwu, Morgan Healy, Emily Goodacre, Krishna Kulkarni, Kelsey Graber, Stephanie Nowack, Domnick Okullo, Emma Pritchard, Vicky Yiran Zhao, Yanwen Wu, Paulina Perez Duarte Mendiola, Sydney Conroy, Sabilah Eboo Alwani, Dina Farjardo-Tovar and Carolyn Mazzei.
Other Centre members
Pablo Torres-Nunez (British Academy Research Fellow) and Dave Neale (Visiting Post-Doctoral Student)
Policy Team
Sally Hogg (Policy Manager)
Contact us
For any enquiries about PEDAL, email us, pedal@educ.cam.ac.uk
